MUSC Health names Patti Hart chief nursing officer for Charleston division
November 25, 2019
Patrick J. Cawley, M.D., CEO of MUSC Health and vice president for Health Affairs, University, has named Patti Hart the chief nursing officer for the health system’s Charleston division. The appointment is effective immediately. In her new role, she will be responsible for nursing inpatient, ambulatory and perioperative nursing practice on the Charleston campus. The MUSC Health – Charleston division encompasses University Medical Center, ambulatory sites, post-acute care and joint ventures.
Hart joined MUSC in July 2016 as the associate chief nursing officer. In this role, she was responsible for nursing operations and other clinical services across the health system. She has built strong partnerships across the enterprise, including with the executive chief nursing officer, to ensure consistent nursing best practices throughout MUSC Health.
A nurse leader for most of her 33-year career, Hart was previously a director of Nursing at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She is a graduate of Altoona Hospital School of Nursing and The Pennsylvania State University having earned her Bachelor- and Master of Science degrees in Nursing and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Old Dominion University.
About MUSC Health
As the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care available, while training generations of competent, compassionate health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Comprising some 1,600 beds, more than 100 outreach sites, the MUSC College of Medicine, the physicians’ practice plan, and nearly 275 telehealth locations, MUSC Health owns and operates eight hospitals situated in Charleston, Chester, Florence, Lancaster and Marion counties. In 2019, for the fifth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the number one hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit http://muschealth.org.
Founded in 1824, MUSC and its affiliates have collective annual budgets of $3 billion. The more than 17,000 MUSC team members include world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers and scientists who deliver groundbreaking education, research, technology and patient care. For information on academic programs, visit musc.edu.
